Alberto Moreno
Spanish footballer (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alberto Moreno Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto moˈɾeno ˈpeɾeθ]; born 5 July 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Villarreal.
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Full name | Alberto Moreno Pérez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 31)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Villarreal | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2011 | Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Sevilla Atlético | 49 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Sevilla | 45 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Liverpool | 90 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Villarreal | 93 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Spain U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Spain | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 10 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:06, 20 March 2018 (UTC) |
An academy graduate of local side Sevilla, he made his senior debut for the club's reserve side in 2011 before going on to feature in 62 official games for the first team. During his time with Sevilla, he was part of the squad which won the Europa League title in 2014. The following season, he joined Premier League club Liverpool for a reported fee of £12 million, where he made 141 appearances and collected runners-up medals in the EFL Cup and the Europa League, and a winner's medal in the Champions League.
Moreno was part of the Spain under-21 team that won the 2013 UEFA European Championship and made his senior debut the same year.